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Institute for Biblical Research Annual Lecture
Ellen Davis, “A Path through the Wilderness: Tracing the Covenantal Economics of Psalms”
Mark Boda and Brent Strawn, Respondents
All are welcome.
Mennonite Scholars and Friends welcome Drew Hart (Messiah University) to reflect on the Anabaptist theological tradition's past, present, and future in its 500th anniversary year. Hart will draw on themes from his new book, Making It Plain: Why We Need Anabaptism and the Black Church (Herald Press 2025), to outline possibilities for an antiracist and decolonial form of Christian faith. Janna Hunter Bowman (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary), Dennis Edwards (North Park Theological Seminary), and Laura Schmidt Roberts (Fresno Pacific University) will offer responses. A reception will follow.
Please join us for a reception to meet with members of Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc. (FSR), learn about its work and how to be involved, and gather with others interested in feminist studies in religion.
Panel discussion of Has God Been Found?, ed. Adam Johnson (Wm. B. Eerdmans, forthcoming), a transcript of a debate between Adam Johnson and Dan Barker with essays by Paul Copan, Dolores Morris, Rob Koons, Alex Malpass, Dan Linford, Robin Collins, Philip Goff, Joshua Rasmussen, Ben Watkins, David Enoch, David Baggett, Andrew Drinkard, Joseph Folley, and Joe Schmid in which they respond to issues raised in the debate. In this panel six of the authors from the book will present portions from their chapters.
Moderator: Andrew Drinkard, Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Panelists:
Adam Lloyd Johnson, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dan Barker, Freedom from Religion Foundation.
Paul Copan, Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Dan Linford, independent philosopher specializing in philosophy of physics and philosophy of religion.
Robert Koons – University of Texas, Austin.
Benjamin Watkins, Nuclear Engineer, United States Navy and host of Real Atheology: A Philosophy of Religion Podcast.
Please join us for the 2025 Mennonite Scholars and Friends reception. The reception will follow a session featuring a keynote presentation by Drew Hart and responses by Janna Hunter Bowman, Dennis Edwards, and Laura Schmidt Roberts.
Institute for Biblical Research Dessert Reception
The annual reception, following the IBR Annual Lecture, is generously sponsored by Zondervan.
At Interfaith America, we build communities of practice to unlock the positive role of religion in health. We connect health programs, faith-based orgs, and health leaders to bridge religion and health for human flourishing. We’ll share our work on integrating religious diversity into pre-health education. Interfaith America seeks to convene faculty involved in religious studies and are interested in working alongside health fields on their campuses to integrate religious diversity curriculum into pre-health programs. Please contact Nazish Rizwan at nrizwan@interfaithamerica.org for any queries.
RSVP to https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8497606/AAR-Faith-Health-Educator-Breakf… to attend the Faith & Health Educator Breakfast.
IBR Women Scholars Breakfast
CGSR Annual meeting for member schools. Breakfast will be provided.
